James Gurney

This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.

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However, you can quote images or text without asking permission on your educational or non-commercial blog, website, or Facebook page as long as you give me credit and provide a link back. Students and teachers can also quote images or text for their non-commercial school activity. It's also OK to do an artistic copy of my paintings as a study exercise without asking permission.

--------ADDENDUM: This last entry somehow fell through the cracks, and was apparently missed because of Gmail's spam filters. Although you can't vote for Nathaniel's video in the poll, tell him in the comments what you think!

The top vote getters will receive a signed book from me, as well as prizes donated by Richeson Art Products and Liliedahl Video Productions and will be featured in Plein Air Magazine. Dominik will automatically win some prizes since his was the only entry in the Animation category.

Rich, Nathaniel's video was independently inspired, and he actually posted it to YouTube pretty early on. Regrettably, I had to post it late because his email entry to me got caught in the spam filter.

Jeffrey and Allen,I wish Nathaniel's film could have been included in the voting, but once a poll has opened and received votes, Blogger won't let you edit it. I had no way of knowing about Nathaniel's film until after the final entries were announced, because his email apparently disappeared in a spam filter. Thanks for your support and encouragement of his work--I loved it too and I'll send him a special prize.

Thank you everyone and thank you so much James this was great fun to do. No worries about not being able to vote for me I'm seriously honored to be a part of this and am so happy you all enjoyed the film.

Michael, Shane, Matthew, Dominik, and Nathan. You did such an amazing job. I laughed...I was inspired...It's been fun being plein air comrades this weekend. Thank you for sharing your vision and your work!